COAL HILL — The Dover Lady Pirates held off a late rally by Scranton to win 51-47 and claim the Johnson County Westside invitational tournament championship.

Kate Meador and Carlee Williams each paced Dover with 16 points. Laken Beavers scored seven points. Taylar Sinyard netted five, and Chesney Myers added four. Williams pulled down 10 rebounds and added five steals. Myers had eight rebounds and three assists. Sinyard had five assists, Meadors had three assists, and Beavers had three steals.

The Lady Pirates led 12-7 after the first period, 30-22 at halftime and 44-33 after the third. Scranton outscored Dover 14-7 in the fourth period.

“It was a great week. The girls did an awesome job,” Lady Pirates coach Irvin Fairfield said.

JC Westside JG win tournament

OZARK — Johnson County Westside’s Junior Lady Rebels defeated Union Christian 40-8, Charleston in the semifinals and West Fork 28-22 in the championship game to win the junior high tournament at Ozark.

“So far, the Lady Rebels program has a third-place finish, runner-up and now a tournament championship,” Westside girls coach Steve Golden said. “Delanei Hurt and Haley Weathers were co-MVPs of the Ozark tournament. Haley’s 15 points versus Charleston in the semifinals and Delanei’s double-double in the championship game earned them this honor.”

The Junior Lady Rebels (5-0) led West Fork 4-0 after the first period, but tied West Fork 12-12 at halftime. After both teams were tied again 17-17 after the third, Westside outscored West Fork 11-5 in the fourth period fwor the title.

Hurt netted 11 points, pulled down 12 rebounds and added four blocks. Marlee Stepp netted nine points and added two rebounds and three steals. Weathers had seven rebounds and three assists. Ashlyn Strickland had nine rebounds, three points and two steals. Adrianna Domerese scored three points, had two blocks, two steals and one assist.

Westside outscored Union Christian 20-2 after the first period and cruised to the win. Stepp had 12 points, one block and one steal. Hurt had seven points, four rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists. Weathers had four points, three assists and two steals.

“This was a good opener for these girls,” Dover coach Mike Heath said. “This is a good bunch to work with, and they work hard. We have a ways to go, but if they stay after it, hopefully by the end of the season, we will be a really good team.”

Against Pottsville, Reichart, Hanna Smith and Kirby Smith each scored two points. Conley added one point.

“Well, we ran into a buzzsaw in the finals game,” Heath said. “Pottsville is probably the best seventh-grade girls team I have ever coached against in 18 years. At least, they were today. They have speed, quickness, hit right- and left-handed layups seamlessly and don’t turn it over — not to mention they can shoot the ball.

“It is our goal to compete better against them next time and try to cut the score down. The good thing is that we never gave up and kept battling.”